Paulo Freire's Philosophy of Education in Contemporary Context; From Italy to the World

ISBN-13: 9781800796898 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 200 str.

Stephen Cowden; Jones Irwin; Letterio Todaro

Opis

Paulo Freire's work is always animated by a strong and fundamental affirmative spirit which calls on people to join together to make change, as opposed to simply waiting around for it to happen. This text on his contemporary importance includes essays by established and new thinkers in the Critical Pedagogy perspective.

Spis treści

Contents: Jones Irwin: «Authority and Freedom in Freire»: Freire's Significance as an Educational and Political Philosopher - Letterio Todaro: Italy Meets Freire: The Rationale for a Promising Encounter in the Critical 1970s - Jones Irwin: Exploring Some Tensions in Freire's Educational and Political Philosophy - Marco Catarci: Paulo Freire's Emancipatory Education: From Problem posing Education to Interculturalism - Elena Marescotti: «This School Called Life»: The Adult Education of Paulo Freire amid Risk and Extraordinary Effort - Stefano Salmeri: The Thought of Paulo Freire as Emancipatory Practice in Education - Jones Irwin: Understanding Freire's Thought in a Postmodern Context - Freire in Italy Again Today: An Interview with Paolo Vittoria - «Plurality, Listening and Awareness»: An Interview with Ilaria Olimpico - Theatre of the Oppressed in Italy after Freire and Boal: An Interview with Roberto Mazzini - Epilogue: From Italian Autonomism to Freire in Italy.

O autorze

Jones Irwin is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Education at Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland.

Letterio Todaro is Associate Professor in History of Education at University of Catania, Sicily, Italy.